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Author Archives: Davin Eldridge

Davin Eldridge is a contributing reporter with Carolina Public Press. Contact him at davinleldridge@gmail.com.
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Legislators, advocates want juvenile justice age upped to 18

by Davin Eldridge

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are reviving efforts to increase the age a young person charged with a crime may be tried as an adult in North Carolina, a move heralded by child advocates who say policies automatically charging a 16-year-old as an adult are obsolete.